title: The dental practitioner's role in protecting children from abuse. 1. The child protection system.
abstract: The last British Dental Journal article on child protection was in 1986. Since then there have been major changes in both legislation and approaches to child protection. A local authority child protection specialist and a consultant in paediatric dentistry outline the development of child protection and the dental practitioner's role in the inter-agency child protection system in this, the first of three inter-related articles.
authors.affiliation: Child Protection Unit, Raby Cross, Newcastle upon Tyne.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Welbury
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000266:history / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002651:Child Advocacy / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000639:trends; D002654:Child Care / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000639:trends; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000639:trends; D003815:Dentists; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D016487:Parenting; D011639:Public Opinion; D011640:Public Policy; D012380:Role; D012935:Social Justice; D012947:Social Work; D006113:United Kingdom